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Education & Qualifications in Other Urban

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

More people in Other Urban are gaining higher qualifications, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbing to 16.4%. This area is seeing a steady shift toward better education, though school completion rates remain well below the national figure.

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📍 Other Urban, Section of State

Where Other Urban sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

16.4% ▲ +55.0%

All section of state areas, 2021. The marker is Other Urban — higher than 61% of areas.

Other Urban16.4%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 40.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. While this is around the middle for similar areas, the result has improved as the rate rose 9.6 points since 2011.

Completed Year 12

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40.1% ▲ +31.6%

Lower than 58% of section of state areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Other Urban, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (13%).

Year 12 40.1% Year 10 32.3% Year 9 or below 12.2% Year 11 8.6%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification here at 35.7%. The 16.4% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is higher than most similar areas, despite being well below the national average.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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16.4% ▲ +55.0%

Higher than 61% of section of state areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Other Urban, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).

Certificate III / IV 35.7% Bachelor degree 19.7% Advanced diploma / diploma 13.2% Postgraduate degree 6.6% Certificate I / II 3.4% Graduate diploma / certificate 3.0%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications in this area are most often in management and commerce at 16.1%, followed by engineering at 13.9% and society and culture at 12.6%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Other Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS61/other-urban/topic/education